Physiotherapist II
Apply NowCompany: Aspen RxHealth
Location: Calgary, AB T1Y 7M8
Description:
Your Opportunity:
Located in N.E. Calgary, the Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is an acute care hospital offering both inpatient and outpatient services. The PLC has over 600 inpatient beds, including Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics, Women's Health and Critical Care. The PLC is the Vascular Centre for Southern Alberta, Southwestern Saskatchewan and Southeastern British Columbia. The Allied Health Department at the PLC is comprised of Social Work, Rehabilitation, and Spiritual Care staff. These staff work as vital members of the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family-centered care throughout the hospital. Under general supervision from Allied Health management, the Clinical Leader ensures the level of clinical practice for the assigned clinical service area is evidence based and meets clinical standards of practice. The Clinical Leader provides leadership and clinical direction and ensures day-to-day operation of the teams. The position involves, but is not limited to, general supervision of professional and support staff, coordination of new staff and student orientation, staff scheduling, provision of performance feedback, coaching and staff support, provision of patient care, and participation in change management for program evaluation and development. This position has the potential for provision of coverage on any unit/service as required. This position is physically demanding and requires repetitive lifting and transferring of patients and/or equipment.
Description:
As a Physiotherapist II, you will provide coordination of physiotherapy and other allied health clinical services. You will provide supervision of students and team members as assigned. You will work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team providing leadership to other healthcare professionals. You will be making day-to-day clinical decisions on patient/family needs regarding assessment, intervention, discharge and follow-up. You will make decisions and advise team members on complex clinical cases and provide clinical leadership within the program or service area to ensure safe, efficient and effective client care. You will ensure physiotherapy practice is evidence based and in alignment with Alberta legislation and regulations, professional standards of practice, code of ethics and AHS policy and guidelines. You will be coordinating the day-to-day operations of an assigned service area and monitoring care delivery, identifying service needs and assisting other medical staff with caseload management, completing chart audits and providing follow-up and feedback to staff. You will participate in program development and operational planning and representing the department on committees or programs. You will make decisions on staffing level requirements, workflow, caseload priorities in collaboration with managers and other healthcare providers. AHS is dedicated to supporting our Physiotherapists in their practice area and expanding their skillsets regardless of location. All AHS Physiotherapists have access to a list of experienced clinicians across the province and are able to tap into this resource via email, phone and virtual meetings. As we transition to our Provincial Electronic Medical Record (Connect Care) you will also be able to share patient information real time with these senior clinicians to assist you in providing high quality care.
Master's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program or bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program and related experience. Active or eligible registration and practice permit with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Experience working on acute care medical and surgical units within the last 2 years. Recent experience in program development and practice improvement. Proven ability in problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution. Demonstrated self-initiative and decision-making ability within a complex environment is required. Demonstrated skills in leading interdisciplinary teams within a continually changing health care environment. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize the workload for the team and flexibly respond to changes at a team, department and site level. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with members of the interdisciplinary team, patients and families in a dynamic health care setting. Diverse experience within an acute care hospital setting. Job demands A high level of physical effort is required related to clinical caseload. Includes maintaining a standing position, perform up to a medium level of work (20-50lbs handled occasionally) including bending and/or rotation related to client transfers or therapeutic intervention. Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required. Demonstrates behaviours consistent with the values of AHS - Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Safety.
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years clinical experience in an acute care setting. Previous experience in a leadership position an asset. Demonstrated mentorship ability (i.e. student placements, new staff). Participation in quality improvement initiatives and/or with service delivery changes. Experience working with diverse populations (ethno-cultural, equity-seeking, racialized, faith-based, LGBTQ2s+, vulnerable, marginalized, person with disabilities and persons of all ages).
Located in N.E. Calgary, the Peter Lougheed Centre (PLC) is an acute care hospital offering both inpatient and outpatient services. The PLC has over 600 inpatient beds, including Medical, Surgical, Pediatrics, Women's Health and Critical Care. The PLC is the Vascular Centre for Southern Alberta, Southwestern Saskatchewan and Southeastern British Columbia. The Allied Health Department at the PLC is comprised of Social Work, Rehabilitation, and Spiritual Care staff. These staff work as vital members of the interdisciplinary team to provide patient and family-centered care throughout the hospital. Under general supervision from Allied Health management, the Clinical Leader ensures the level of clinical practice for the assigned clinical service area is evidence based and meets clinical standards of practice. The Clinical Leader provides leadership and clinical direction and ensures day-to-day operation of the teams. The position involves, but is not limited to, general supervision of professional and support staff, coordination of new staff and student orientation, staff scheduling, provision of performance feedback, coaching and staff support, provision of patient care, and participation in change management for program evaluation and development. This position has the potential for provision of coverage on any unit/service as required. This position is physically demanding and requires repetitive lifting and transferring of patients and/or equipment.
Description:
As a Physiotherapist II, you will provide coordination of physiotherapy and other allied health clinical services. You will provide supervision of students and team members as assigned. You will work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team providing leadership to other healthcare professionals. You will be making day-to-day clinical decisions on patient/family needs regarding assessment, intervention, discharge and follow-up. You will make decisions and advise team members on complex clinical cases and provide clinical leadership within the program or service area to ensure safe, efficient and effective client care. You will ensure physiotherapy practice is evidence based and in alignment with Alberta legislation and regulations, professional standards of practice, code of ethics and AHS policy and guidelines. You will be coordinating the day-to-day operations of an assigned service area and monitoring care delivery, identifying service needs and assisting other medical staff with caseload management, completing chart audits and providing follow-up and feedback to staff. You will participate in program development and operational planning and representing the department on committees or programs. You will make decisions on staffing level requirements, workflow, caseload priorities in collaboration with managers and other healthcare providers. AHS is dedicated to supporting our Physiotherapists in their practice area and expanding their skillsets regardless of location. All AHS Physiotherapists have access to a list of experienced clinicians across the province and are able to tap into this resource via email, phone and virtual meetings. As we transition to our Provincial Electronic Medical Record (Connect Care) you will also be able to share patient information real time with these senior clinicians to assist you in providing high quality care.
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: N
- Classification: Physiotherapist II
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Allied Health
- Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 17-APR-2025
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 26-MAY-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $41.12
- Maximum Salary: $54.61
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Master's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program or bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy from an accredited university program and related experience. Active or eligible registration and practice permit with the College of Physiotherapists of Alberta.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Experience working on acute care medical and surgical units within the last 2 years. Recent experience in program development and practice improvement. Proven ability in problem solving, critical thinking and conflict resolution. Demonstrated self-initiative and decision-making ability within a complex environment is required. Demonstrated skills in leading interdisciplinary teams within a continually changing health care environment. Excellent organizational and time management skills to efficiently organize and prioritize the workload for the team and flexibly respond to changes at a team, department and site level. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with members of the interdisciplinary team, patients and families in a dynamic health care setting. Diverse experience within an acute care hospital setting. Job demands A high level of physical effort is required related to clinical caseload. Includes maintaining a standing position, perform up to a medium level of work (20-50lbs handled occasionally) including bending and/or rotation related to client transfers or therapeutic intervention. Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification required. Demonstrates behaviours consistent with the values of AHS - Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Safety.
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years clinical experience in an acute care setting. Previous experience in a leadership position an asset. Demonstrated mentorship ability (i.e. student placements, new staff). Participation in quality improvement initiatives and/or with service delivery changes. Experience working with diverse populations (ethno-cultural, equity-seeking, racialized, faith-based, LGBTQ2s+, vulnerable, marginalized, person with disabilities and persons of all ages).